balanephagous

Etymology
From the, from +.

Adjective

 * 1)  Acorn-.
 * 2) * 2004, Brian M. Fagan, Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants ( Rowman Altamira; ISBN 0759103747, 9780759103740), page 145
 * "en"
 * 1) * 2004, Brian M. Fagan, Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants ( Rowman Altamira; ISBN 0759103747, 9780759103740), page 145
 * "en"
 * "en"

- In earlier Milling Stone times, both men and women gathered and probably processed plant foods. Now, women shouldered the entire burden of pounding, storing, and cooking acorns. During the critical weeks of harvest, everyone — men, women, and children — worked flat out. But, once the harvest was over, acorns were women’s work. Survival literally depended on their balanophagous activities.



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